Middle TN Grain Conference Announced for February 5

​The fourteenth annual Middle Tennessee Grain Conference will be held at the Coffee County Fairgrounds. Preregistration is available through local UT-TSU Extension offices. Image courtesy of UTIA. Download image​.

12/13/2018

Matthew Deist, mdeist@utk.edu

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MANCHESTER,
Tenn. — The fourteenth annual Middle Tennessee Grain Conference is set for
Tuesday, Feb. 5 at the Coffee County Fairgrounds in Manchester. The conference,
hosted by University of Tennessee Extension and Tennessee State University
Cooperative Extension, will offer farmers practical insight and Real. Life.
Solutions. to a number of emerging corn, soybean and wheat production concerns.

In
2018, more than 250 people from 25 counties in Tennessee and two adjoining
states gathered to learn more about their industry, gaining new knowledge or
practices they intended to use during the upcoming growing season.

This
year’s conference will begin with registration at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5.
Registration is $10 and preregistration is available through UT-TSU Extension
county offices. Registration fees cover the cost of program materials,
refreshments, lunch, conference proceedings and one conference hat per person.

The
Middle Tennessee Grain Conference will feature one of the area’s largest trade
shows, featuring more than 30 vendors who will showcase what is new and useful
in our industry. At 8:30 a.m. the conference will begin, and a slate of
speakers will address timely topics and practices associated with corn, wheat
and soybean production. Lunch will be catered by Christy “Q” BBQ and is
sponsored by the Tennessee Farmers Cooperative.

Following
the meal, keynote speaker Bryon Parman, assistant professor and agricultural
finance specialist at North Dakota State University, will discuss “Input Costs
and Profitability in a Declining Market.”

Following
the end of the conference and starting promptly at 3 p.m., there will be an
opportunity to attend the Dicamba Certification Training. This new training is
a requirement for producers intending to apply XtendiMax or Engenia products
on Xtend soybeans and/or cotton. Cost of the training is an additional $25 per
person to be paid on-site at the time of training.

For
complete details on conference topics and to preregister, contact your local UT-TSU
Extension office. The Middle Tennessee Grain Conference is open to all eligible
persons regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion,
disability or veteran status.

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